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vSphere O&S Labs 7.0

Gain hands-on experience needed to gain advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure

Labs Expiring - VMware End of Life and Replacement

Due to the Termination of VMware IT Academy by Broadcom the VMware labs are now end of life (EOL) and should no longer be used after August 2025.

Replacement Labs

NDG Proxmox VE 8: Setup and Management labs - Replacement for VMware vSphere ICM

NDG Proxmox VE 8: Advanced Administration and Optimization - Replacement for VMware vSphere OSS

Termination of VMware IT Academy by Broadcom

Broadcom VMware has terminated the VMware IT Academy and Academic Software License programs. In accordance with our Broadcom agreements, NDG will support VMware ICM and OSS labs until the required termination. All VMware IT Academy labs will be completely removed from NDG services August 2025.

In our continued commitment to supporting learners and academic institutions, NDG is providing alternative virtualization learning options. The NDG Proxmox VE 8: Setup and Management labs and NDG Proxmox VE 8: Advanced Administration and Optimization enable academic institutions to transition from VMware while continuing to teach virtualization effectively.

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Lab Details

NDG VMware vSphere Optimize & Scale Version 7.0. These labs provide the hands-on experience needed to gain advanced skills for configuring and maintaining a highly available and scalable virtual infrastructure.

Features

  • Requires VMware IT Academy participation
  • Academic verification required
  • Module List

    Labs
    Lab 01: Configuring vSphere Distributed Switches
    Lab 02: Managing vSphere Distributed Switches
    Lab 03: Using Port Mirroring
    Lab 04: Using Policy-Based Storage
    Lab 05: Creating vSAN Storage Policies
    Lab 06: Running vSphere Storage DRS
    Lab 07: Working with Certificates
    Lab 08: Encrypting a Virtual Machine
    Lab 09: Using Host Profiles
    Lab 10: Creating Content Libraries
    Lab 11: Managing Resources Pools
    Lab 12: Monitoring CPU Performance
    Lab 13: Monitoring Memory Performance
    Lab 14: Monitoring Storage Performance
    Lab 15: Monitoring Network Performance
    Lab 16: Configuring Lockdown Mode
    Lab 17: Using vSphere Auto Deploy
    No Lab: Launch Cyber Range

    Instructor Information

    Demo Content

    Also available on NETLAB+.

    Teaching Options